endangered species lament

with apologies to the late Reverend Martin Niemöller

First they came for the frogs
and I did not speak out - because I was not an amphibian

Then they came for the bees
and I did not speak out - because I was not an insect.

Then they came for the bats
and I did not speak out - because I was not a nocturnal flying mammal.

Then they came for me -
and by then there was no one left to speak out for me.